Buggy-iron.



No. 874,774, PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

W. A. LANG-TAHR.

BUGGY IRON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1907 (fl 960mm WILLIAM A. LANGJAHR, OFPLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN.

BUGG-Y-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed August 22,1907- $erial No. 389,625.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. LANGJAHR, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Plymouth, in the county of Sheboygan and State ofIVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof.

The invention has for its main object to provide for the su port of aswung back buggy-top from be ow the fulcrums of the jointed side bracesof same, whereby good head-clearance is obtained without breaking thejointed canopy braces to the detriment of said top.

A further object of the invention is to provide for supporting a swungback buggy-top as aforesaid or at the usual height at will, and saidinvention consists in what is hereinafter more partcularly describedwith reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in theclaims.

Figure 1 of the drawings illustrates a swung back buggy-top, itsshifting-rail and a reversible support for the top in accordance with myinvention, parts being broken away and in section Fig. 2, a perspectiveview of a fragment of the shifting-rail and the topsupport in connectiontherewith; Fig. 3, a front elevation of said rail and support partlybroken away and in section, and Fig. 4, a horizontal section on theplane indicated by line 4-4 in Fig. 3.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A in dicates a shifting-rail, Bbuggy-top bows connected to the rail in the usual manner, and C, D,jointed braces of the buggy-top. In connection with the shifting-rail isa de pending stationary angular yoke E and in slip-fit connection withthe same is a reversible yoke F carrying a buffer G. The yoke E isprovided with a horizontal upper outer stud constituting a fulcrum Hupon which to secure the lower end of a jointed side-brace D of thebuggy-top, the same construction occurring at both sides of the vehicle.

Each yoke F being in the position of the one herein shown, the buffer Gtherewith is a predetermined distance below the shiftingrail in the athof the rear bow of the buggytop when t e latter is swung back, and thesupport for this swung back top being thus lower than is ordinarily thecase, good headclearance is had without breaking its jointed p anopybraces, one of which is shown at C in Means attachable to a buggy,through the medium of a shifting-rail or otherwise, to provide for thesupport of the swung back top of the vehicle below the fulcrums of theside braces of said top is within the scope of my invention, the showingherein being illustrative of a preferred form of said invention.

By reversal of the yoke F at each side of the buggy from the position ofthe one herein shown, provision is had for supporting the swung back topof the vehicle at the customary elevation.

I claim:

1. A shifting-rail of a buggy having depending rear supports for theswung back top of the vehicle below the fulcrums of the sidebraces ofsaid top.

2. A shifting-rail of a buggy having a stationary depending rear yoke ateach side, and a reversible yoke in slip-fit connection with the oneaforesaid for the support of said top when swung back, the support beingat one elevation or another according to the arrangement of thereversible yokes.

3. A shifting-rail of a buggy having a stationary depending rear yoke ateach side, and a reversible buffer-carrying yoke in sliding fitconnection with each stationary yoke for the support of the buggy-topwhen the same .is swung back.

4. A shifting-rail of a buggy having a stationary depending rear yoke ateach side provided with an upper outer stud upon which to confine thelower end of a sidebrace of the buggy-top, and a reversiblebuffercarrying yoke in sliding-fit connection with each stationary yokefor the support of said buggy-top when the same is swung back.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atPlymouth, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin in thepresence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. LANGJAHR.

Witnesses: I

OTTo BERGEMANN, W. C. NEUMANN.

